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don sharp who provided us with the camera to take a look at this. wow. from the trans-america building. down from the average high of 63 degrees. we had 64 degrees in santa cruz. if you're out and about this evening we are still in the 50s to 60 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. it looks like with the cloud cover. temperature wise 35 degrees throughout the tri-valley. 36 in santa rosa. mid-40s around the basin. winds breezy out of the northwest 10 to 20. dialpac dialpac to -- dial back to 5 miles per hour. we have a slight chance of a shower on tuesday. it is friday when we will expect a half an inch of rain in the south bay to 2 inches of rain in the north bay. the winds up to 45 miles per hour. and snow down to 3000 feet by friday night in throughout our local mountains. now, meanwhile the national weather service has already announced a high surf advisory will go into effect on friday as some of these waves built up to 16 feet. pretty powerful system and it will take awhile to move out of the bay area as well. we will show you that seven-day forecast but
don sharp who provided us with the camera to take a look at this. wow. from the trans-america building. down from the average high of 63 degrees. we had 64 degrees in santa cruz. if you're out and about this evening we are still in the 50s to 60 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. it looks like with the cloud cover. temperature wise 35 degrees throughout the tri-valley. 36 in santa rosa. mid-40s around the basin. winds breezy out of the northwest 10 to 20. dialpac dialpac to -- dial back to 5 miles...
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Mar 15, 2011
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kim mulvahill joining us. and we are hearing this radioactive steam, if it is contained, could be released for weeks or even months? >> you know, that's the concern. and as you mentioned, the situation is evolving. now, as a precaution, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from a 12-mile radius around the crippled plant. 190 individuals have already been exposed to some radiation. and several workers have fallen ill with acute radiation sickness. many wonder what's the risk to the general public? when it comes to radiation exposure, scientists say there is a simple rule. no amount of exposure is safe. >> well, radiation is damaging the dna, which is the basic genetics of how cells divide in our body. >> reporter: and that damage can lead to cancer, which radiation expert dr. david brenner is the biggest concern. >> the bigger the risk the bigger the risk. the smaller the dose the smaller the risk. it doesn't happen overnight. 10, 20, 30 years after the exposure is when the cancer can appear. >> reporter:
kim mulvahill joining us. and we are hearing this radioactive steam, if it is contained, could be released for weeks or even months? >> you know, that's the concern. and as you mentioned, the situation is evolving. now, as a precaution, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from a 12-mile radius around the crippled plant. 190 individuals have already been exposed to some radiation. and several workers have fallen ill with acute radiation sickness. many wonder what's the risk to the...
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how can you use a rationale for raising rates because you asked us to save to start with. >> we have cut costs. we cut $17 million out of our budget this year and our budget is about a $60 million operating budget. so we have saved money where we can. we have used reserves. >> reporter: he says marin's water supply is pretty sensitive to the boom and bust cycles of lots of rain and then drought. he says the county, if it stopped raining tomorrow, would have about two years' worth of water, but compare that to san francisco which he says has four years' full of supply. >> nobody said life was fair. darn it. thank you, simon. >>> all right. we are going to check in with roberta for the latest and find out if we have got more rain coming? >> first, can i tell you something? i just learned this. fire station 10, fire station 18 in oakland. huge ken bastida and huge dana king fans. i want to let all those ladies and gentlemen that know that today in oakland, you experienced a record high temperature of 83 degrees shattering the old record of 79 set back in 2008 and, yes, tomorrow will be
how can you use a rationale for raising rates because you asked us to save to start with. >> we have cut costs. we cut $17 million out of our budget this year and our budget is about a $60 million operating budget. so we have saved money where we can. we have used reserves. >> reporter: he says marin's water supply is pretty sensitive to the boom and bust cycles of lots of rain and then drought. he says the county, if it stopped raining tomorrow, would have about two years' worth of...
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using the bank used to be hard. >> the bank offers us many services. and like there frank adams most of us use the bank. >> reporter: mr. frank adams didn't use online banking then. nor would he have had it today. >> online banking right now is currently down. they are experiencing some technical difficulties with the service. it should be they don't have an estimated turn-around time but they were saying within approximately the next 1-2 business days it will be up and rolling. >> reporter: could it have gone down on a worst day? this is the 1st of the month. >> trying to pay my mortgage today and the online banking is down. >> like shawn millions of us use online banking. but bank of america has been what they are calling intermittent now for the second day. and the second time this month. >> we had a couple of people come in actually today with a little distraught about the online banking situation. >> mr. shawn o' connor was one of them. he took out money from his bank account to pay his mortgage at wells fargo the low tech way. >> walking around w
using the bank used to be hard. >> the bank offers us many services. and like there frank adams most of us use the bank. >> reporter: mr. frank adams didn't use online banking then. nor would he have had it today. >> online banking right now is currently down. they are experiencing some technical difficulties with the service. it should be they don't have an estimated turn-around time but they were saying within approximately the next 1-2 business days it will be up and...
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Mar 10, 2011
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but used shuttles are in high demand. some museums around the country are trying to add them to their collections. among those campaigning for them, nasa's johnson space center in houston. the intrepid sea, air and space museum in manhattan. and the museum of flight and seattle which is spending big money to house a shuttle it doesn't even know it will get. in all nasa says 21 institutions have expressed interest. it will make the final decision one month from now. >>> well, there appear to be fewer great white sharks in the waters off california than scientists expected. biologists conducted a first- ever census in the northeast pacific social and they believe only 219 full grown and near adult white sharks hang 0 out between bodega bay and monteray. because there are no numbers it is hard to know if they are rising, falling. but i don't know i think one is a lot. >> one is many. i like my sharks lacing up their skates at hp pavilion. >> turquoise. >> yeah. >> there you go. >> san jose sharks. today the waterfront a litt
but used shuttles are in high demand. some museums around the country are trying to add them to their collections. among those campaigning for them, nasa's johnson space center in houston. the intrepid sea, air and space museum in manhattan. and the museum of flight and seattle which is spending big money to house a shuttle it doesn't even know it will get. in all nasa says 21 institutions have expressed interest. it will make the final decision one month from now. >>> well, there...
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but he has ruled out using u.s. troops to oust him. >> we have to ratchet up our diplomatic and our political pressure on him so that at some point he many i-a decision to leave. >> reporter: on capitol hill some lawmakers argue more force may be necessary to get moammar gadhafi to go. >> this is the libyan people's fight. but we need to continue to help make it a fairer fight. >> reporter: the submarines filed another barrage of missiles on tuesday in tripoli. it has cost already $500 million. >>> and one more note on the intervention in libya, much has been made of the financial cost involved. you've heard the political rhetoric. the u.s. military's involvement in the no-fly zone has cost $600 million over eight days. now, that cost is expected to fall as nato and other applied nations take a larger role. as for america's eight-year war in iraq, take a look at the numbers. congressal budget estimates put that weekly cost at about $2 billion a week. the total bill passed $700 billion last year. projected costs by t
but he has ruled out using u.s. troops to oust him. >> we have to ratchet up our diplomatic and our political pressure on him so that at some point he many i-a decision to leave. >> reporter: on capitol hill some lawmakers argue more force may be necessary to get moammar gadhafi to go. >> this is the libyan people's fight. but we need to continue to help make it a fairer fight. >> reporter: the submarines filed another barrage of missiles on tuesday in tripoli. it has...